New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-30
with their duties Captain Earles able lieutenanls are
David Wilson and George i. Pasco.
CHRISTIANITY VIEWED FROM WITHOUT
AK EDUCATED cHINAMASs INDIcTMESr-ooN-

AK EDUCATED CHINAMASs INDlcTAESf-ooN"
TRAsTs BETWEEN DOCTRINE AND PRACTICE.
To fh,. Edtfor Of The Trfbuns
SIR: In The North American Reriep for August there
"a an article by an educated Chnanan Wong Chin FOO,
entitled why am / Heahen" This article ought 70
be read and reflected widely. 1t contains mnch c"'
culaed to shock Christian readers but therc can
be no harm and there may be useful discipline ~
realizing how Christianity appears to an ln'eiison
heather who approaches the study OF 1t without any
OF the prepossessons which the veriest agnosuO
horn in Christian lands breathes in with the ar. no
prospeet of extending the sway OF the Christian resu
among heather never be cstiinated Win a"'
approximation to accuracy until thenatura he"'"oi
OF the faith ascertaned. 1t is not enough 10
the religion from point of view OF those VINO nave III
berted strong disposition to accept 1t and oy aSsoc
ton have lost the ability to perceive It's anoao'
contradictions and incongruities with dlstinctness'
is necessary to know viii be looked upon Dy 'nose
who have no inherited aptitude toward H. anu VIM
from the fret occupy coolly critical attitude
There are some things-some contrasts between
Christian doctrine and practce-so sharp aud clear '
even inherited inclinaons cannot blind US 10 them,
such ia the nonstrous contradiction between the sosPc
and the treatment Of heather races DS
alleged Christians. But II this strikes Christians tnc
selves as fragrant. how must IL apear TO the ne"".n
who in the very nature OF approach Christay
with suspicion IL rot hostility Wong Chin roo III %
North Alrda states that side Of the case, ana pun "
that ~ CONSTITUTES "a hlFOng liluictih'h"
either TO ignore the effect OF religious dssensohs uln
the heathen or to underestimate their influence D"
every intelligent heather knows quite as well as We '
ourselyes that Truth one; that when Dozen score
or hun .red secs claim each the sole possessohoi ~
they cannot all he in the right; that even II tney oou
be all right the fact would remain that none OF them lives
,he relion they profess that in many AMI
cases the faith shown In the lives OF ChIlsuas
lie 10 tbeir most solemn professions. Gan e III -,
ably expected that the men VINO perceive tnls s "
amt oh
be made will yield 10 the purely rteiIt ctnA nn
,ions ,resenfci TO them Can ii be thought uhreasoh
able that they require Christians .st To- ac'cn.V H..
Christanity Is and then show their bclei IN u Ny Nv
Ing the Christian life before they undertake 10 po'o
lytize ,., .,,,or,s doubtless
az must educste ted and enlightened heation Ierhap,
mpht 80 further and that he has given utter ~
the feelings OF many who were reared III
folds That sense OF the incongFuiy OF the 49, -
stuatIon has lately been borne In moro strong t
eyer upon the minds OF Christian teachers snu .,
80 no gafhereI from the multiplication OF enoit u'
hiring about that unity the lack OF whicn Is a. ,,,
scandal and weakness TO the churches Tue @ i,h
Of the youug Chfuamnn l. not alioeether OUT OF h 80
this movement Certainly It's tendency 10 W 1,nbef
wrought outside Christendom by the contentious
bickertnes which divide II within II u hi % ht,er
rebuke Put IN the mouth OF scepue u "ou'u .. :,
satire Coming whence IL does II II. IL seeths "a o. %
unconscOu. indictment; an Indictment ,aN,e rnon
of nm apologT II IL not could II be- an assa' ~
Cbristianity I'm its essence. II IA an eKhniiioh y, Wv
alternating force Of those departures rom .Hc hd-a
TAI truth which have made modern Chri.uany xons
headed There IL matter for serious -. ia
1hin Eoo's paper and 10 Is calculated 70 Dro.iA sv
iin.ory calm OF those going Christihhs WIZ '
peacoS Pence! when there ~ no peace. lo"'s' =
Aeio TOrE, July IS, 1857.